xoxys.postgres/index.md

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title: postgres
type: docs
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Setup a [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) database server. PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

* [Default Variables](#default-variables)
  * [postgres_base_dir](#postgres_base_dir)
  * [postgres_clean_hba_file](#postgres_clean_hba_file)
  * [postgres_connection_addresses](#postgres_connection_addresses)
  * [postgres_connection_port](#postgres_connection_port)
  * [postgres_db](#postgres_db)
  * [postgres_dbs](#postgres_dbs)
  * [postgres_dbs_extra](#postgres_dbs_extra)
  * [postgres_group](#postgres_group)
  * [postgres_hba_entries](#postgres_hba_entries)
  * [postgres_hba_entries_extra](#postgres_hba_entries_extra)
  * [postgres_log_destination](#postgres_log_destination)
  * [postgres_log_directory](#postgres_log_directory)
  * [postgres_log_filename](#postgres_log_filename)
  * [postgres_log_rotation_age](#postgres_log_rotation_age)
  * [postgres_log_rotation_size](#postgres_log_rotation_size)
  * [postgres_password_encryption](#postgres_password_encryption)
  * [postgres_repository_enabled](#postgres_repository_enabled)
  * [postgres_repository_filename](#postgres_repository_filename)
  * [postgres_socket_directories](#postgres_socket_directories)
  * [postgres_tls_cert_filename](#postgres_tls_cert_filename)
  * [postgres_tls_cert_source](#postgres_tls_cert_source)
  * [postgres_tls_enabled](#postgres_tls_enabled)
  * [postgres_tls_key_filename](#postgres_tls_key_filename)
  * [postgres_tls_key_source](#postgres_tls_key_source)
  * [postgres_user](#postgres_user)
  * [postgres_users](#postgres_users)
  * [postgres_users_extra](#postgres_users_extra)
  * [postgres_version](#postgres_version)
* [Dependencies](#dependencies)

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## Default Variables

### postgres_base_dir

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_base_dir: _osdefault_
```

### postgres_clean_hba_file

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_clean_hba_file: true
```

### postgres_connection_addresses

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_connection_addresses:
  - localhost
```

### postgres_connection_port

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_connection_port: 5432
```

### postgres_db

#### Example usage

```YAML
postgres_db:
  - name: "my_app"
    lc_collate: "en_US.UTF-8"
    lc_ctype: "en_US.UTF-8"
    encoding: "UTF-8"
    template: "template0"
    login_host: "localhost"
    login_password: "_omit_"
    login_user: "{{ postgres_user }}"
    login_unix_socket: "_omit_"
    port: "_omit_"
    owner: "_omit_"
    state: "present"
```

### postgres_dbs

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_dbs: []
```

### postgres_dbs_extra

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_dbs_extra: []
```

### postgres_group

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_group: postgres
```

### postgres_hba_entries

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_hba_entries:
  - contype: local
    databases:
      - all
    users:
      - all
    auth_method: trust
  - contype: host
    databases:
      - all
    users:
      - all
    address: 127.0.0.1/32
    auth_method: md5
  - contype: host
    databases:
      - all
    users:
      - all
    address: ::1/128
    auth_method: md5
```

### postgres_hba_entries_extra

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_hba_entries_extra: []
```

### postgres_log_destination

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_log_destination:
  - stderr
```

### postgres_log_directory

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_log_directory: log
```

### postgres_log_filename

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_log_filename: postgresql.log
```

### postgres_log_rotation_age

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_log_rotation_age: 1d
```

### postgres_log_rotation_size

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_log_rotation_size: 0
```

### postgres_password_encryption

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_password_encryption: md5
```

### postgres_repository_enabled

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_repository_enabled: false
```

### postgres_repository_filename

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_repository_filename: Postgresql-{{ postgres_version | regex_replace('\.')
  }}
```

### postgres_socket_directories

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_socket_directories:
  - /var/run/postgresql
```

### postgres_tls_cert_filename

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_tls_cert_filename: mycert.pem
```

### postgres_tls_cert_source

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_tls_cert_source: mycert.pem
```

### postgres_tls_enabled

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_tls_enabled: false
```

### postgres_tls_key_filename

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_tls_key_filename: mykey.pem
```

### postgres_tls_key_source

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_tls_key_source: mykey.pem
```

### postgres_user

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_user: postgres
```

### postgres_users

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_users: []
```

#### Example usage

```YAML
postgres_users:
  - name: jdoe #required; the rest are optional
    password: # defaults to not set
    encrypted: # defaults to 'yes'
    priv: # defaults to not set
    role_attr_flags: # defaults to not set
    db: # defaults to not set
    login_host: # defaults to 'localhost'
    login_password: # defaults to not set
    login_user: # defaults to '{{ postgres_user }}'
    login_unix_socket: # defaults to 1st of postgres_socket_directories
    port: # defaults to not set
    state: # defaults to 'present'
    pam_user: # defaults to not set
```

### postgres_users_extra

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_users_extra: []
```

### postgres_version

#### Default value

```YAML
postgres_version: 10
```

## Dependencies

None.